Sacred Intention
One day
I was born
Pulsing with light and change
Blissfully unaware
Of the journey
Knowing only
The scintillating aliveness
Of this moment
With no sense
Of separateness
Or fear
Intertwined
Amongst the learning
And hidden
Within the praise
Lurked a most insidious
Sandman
Masquerading
As mastery
And utter independence
Blinding me
To the mystery
Unfolding before my eyes
Wide asleep
Everything seems hard
And old
And dead
I am so bored
I need a change
I can’t do this another day
There must be someone
Who will love me
There must be some great life
That is awaiting me
Seeped in drama
Dazed and crazed
I cry out:
“Please! I surrender!
I am so lost and alone.
And scared.
And tired.
I don’t know what I’m doing!
Please, help me…
Or take me.
I need this madness to end.
I know there must be
Something more to me than this
But I just can’t seem to get it right.
Show me what I missed.
Teach me.
I cannot pretend to be in control
Any longer.”
Fast awake
Pulsing with light and change
Blissfully Aware
Of the journey
Knowing only
The scintillating aliveness
Of this moment
With no sense
Of separateness
Or fear
Everything is new
Everything is alive
Magnificence stands
Where each burden used to be
But what has changed?
Only my awareness
Of what it is
That remains
Unchanged
Flawless and perfect
Throughout each step
Truth reveals
It is
Intention
That makes each moment
Sacred
And through the offering
Of unwavering affection
To Life’s finest silken lace
Spun throughout the chaos
Of each ordinary day
I realize
My own Sacredness
My own Intendedness
I am the Love
I am the Life
I was seeking
All along
Know Thyself
Innocent nature
Soliciting fulfillment
Not knowing
Not realizing
All that they are
Questioning nature
Seeking answers
Not knowing
Not realizing
Elucidation lies within
Fearful nature
Demanding satisfaction
Not knowing
Not realizing
They are Home
Desperate nature
Pleading for release
Not knowing
Not realizing
What it is they ask
Reverent nature
Declaring devotion
Knowing
Realizing
Thyself as Love
Sacred Contract
Let me receive you, my Love.
Give to me your pain and frustration.
Give to me your longing
and your unfulfilled dreams.
Give to me your anger,
and your disgust,
and your disappointments.
Give to me your loneliness and grief.
Give to me your every twisted passion,
and give to me your bitter despair.
Give to me your soul,
and allow me to cleanse it
with acceptance and gratitude.
Let me bathe it
in deepest awareness
of the essence
that I Am.
Let me transform it
with Light
as it merges
with my own,
and let me show you
the truth and depth
of absolute Love.
And when you are empty
of darkness,
look upon my face
and you will see
only Love
radiating back at you.
Inside you will feel
only Light,
and the space
for your purest visions
to unfold.
Let me receive you, my Love,
so that I may be received.
For it is in healing the trauma
of conditional love
that I am healed.
Give to me the gift
of giving me you,
and through that most
Sacred offering
my purest vision
shall be revealed.
Unknowable
In seeing the ugliness
I am seen
In hearing the lies
I am heard
In feeling the pain
I am felt
In tasting the failure
I am tasted
In smelling the despair
I am smelt
In knowing the other
I am dead
In releasing the expectations
I am Free
In opening the wounds
I am Healed
In celebrating the diversity
I am Love
In relinquishing the control
I am Trust
In savoring the beauty
I am Joy
In realizing the unknowable
I am Life
Passionately Weak
Be the petal
Of the cherry blossom
Blown from the tree
Dancing on the wind
Trusting life
To do with it
As it will
That trust
And the willingness
To be weak
Reveals true beauty
Cultivating peace
In surrender
To Truth
The roots and the tree
Sacrificed
Their ability to dance
Making possible
This higher expression
Of beauty in weakness
Of peace in surrender
The higher expressions
Of love and grace
Of peace and compassion
Of beauty and truth
Are contained
In the willingness
To be passionately weak